Episodes
7 days ago
7 days ago
A mysterious walled-in area is uncovered by a renovation team restoring a dilapidated church.
Draper: https://www.theblackgate.co.uk
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
"The Green Door" by Ian Gordon
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
There’s a green door, and I’m going to tell you all about it.
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
"Devilskill" by Aaron Vlek
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
"Devilskill" is a 2024 Cthulhu Mythos story by the American author, Aaron Vlek. "Of that desolate coast and my ancestral village of Devilskill overlooking the sea, many troubling details emerged that hinted at vague warnings and allusions to unnamed horrors."
Thursday Oct 24, 2024
"The Contents of Safe Deposit Box 327" by Ian Gordon
Thursday Oct 24, 2024
Thursday Oct 24, 2024
"The Contents of Safe Deposit Box 327" is a short story by Ian Gordon. It tells of the trials and tribulations of a down-and-out chap by the name of Mick Barnes, who recruits a similarly afflicted friend to help solve a family mystery.
Thursday Oct 17, 2024
"The Night of the Seven Storeys" by Ian Gordon / Van Melsen, Case #12
Thursday Oct 17, 2024
Thursday Oct 17, 2024
"The Night of the Seven Storeys" is a Peter Van Melsen story by Ian Gordon. What is the source of those mysterious sounds, those infernal crashes that come in sevens, night after night?
Thursday Oct 10, 2024
"Rainman; or, He of the Dread Lake" by Ian Gordon (2024 Recording)
Thursday Oct 10, 2024
Thursday Oct 10, 2024
In "Rainman", a police officer investigates the mysterious death of a youngster in the fictional Scottish town of Wren. From Ian's 2018 collection, TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW OF FEAR: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L6M48NL
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
"The Pit" by Ian Gordon (2024 Recording)
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
"The Pit" is loosely based on the Pretoria Pit disaster, which occurred in my hometown of Westhoughton in 1910. Years later, my grandad worked in the mines, and related many disturbing tales back in the day. This story explores aspects of some of those tales. From Ian's 2018 collection, TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW OF FEAR: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L6M48NL
Thursday Jun 27, 2024
"An Appetite for Steam" by Ian Gordon / Van Melsen, Case #11
Thursday Jun 27, 2024
Thursday Jun 27, 2024
"An Appetite for Steam" is a Peter Van Melsen story by Ian Gordon. In the story, our intrepid P. I. finds himself up against a novel threat aboard a North Yorkshire steam train.
Thursday Jun 20, 2024
"The Man Who Made Faces" by C. P. Howard
Thursday Jun 20, 2024
Thursday Jun 20, 2024
From our ARTIFACTS OF HORROR: VOLUME 2 series, 2024.
Previously unpublished, "The Man Who Made Faces" tells the curious tale of a man haunted by a past mistake.
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
"The Puppeteer of Prague" by Paul Draper
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
"The Puppeteer of Prague" is a short story by the British author, Paul Draper. The story appeared in Draper's 2020 collection, Black Gate Tales. In the author's own words: "On the eve of the Sudetenland annexation, a depressed Czech bureaucrat uncovers the rumour of a murderous mannequin dispatching traitors in the city."